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Author : Jeremy James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Byerley Turk (Horse)
ISBN : 1873674988
The true story of a horse born in a humble stable in the Balkans in 1678 who became the first foundation sire of the thoroughbred line.
Author : Jeremy James
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0811701557
Of the three horses that were the ancestors of the modern thoroughbred, the first and greatest was undoubtedly the Byerley Turk. This book gives an account of the life of this breed, extending from the palaces of the Ottoman Empire to the streets of London and beyond, and featuring a cast of historical figures. It begins in 1679 in a remote Balkan village, where a seyis - a penniless groom - finds himself caring for a remarkable young foal. Believing it destined for greatness, and seeing a chance to escape his own humble circumstances, he begins schooling the animal in the disciplines of war. Hewing closely to the historical record, the author goes on to trace the fortunes of the Turk and its new master: In 1682, they arrived in Istanbul, where the horse was selected for the Ottoman Empire's renowned cavalry. Ridden as a battle charger in the Turkish sieges on Vienna and Buda, it was captured, along with its groom, by a party of adventuring British aristocrats and taken back to England in 1686. In London, it was bought by Captain Robert Byerley, who rode the Turk to Ireland to take on the Jacobite forces in several pivotal encounters, including the Battle of the Boyne. Eventually, the Turk was put to stud, initiating what was to become its greatest legacy: first foundation sire of the thoroughbred line.--Publisher's description.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Horses
ISBN : OXFORD:555065461
Author : Jeremy James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Byerley Turk (Horse)
ISBN : 1873674767
This is the true story of the most remarkable horse in history. Foaled in the lavish Ottoman stables of the Topkapl Palace in the late 1870s, this dark bay stallion was hard schooled in the disciplines of war. Until now, his remarkable story has never been told.
Author : Eugene Sue
Publisher : Derrydale Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781461734680
A dandy story for all horse lovers and worthy rival to Marguerite Henry's enormously successful King of the Wind . Ms. Henry based her story on this very book, written in 1846 by French author and sportsman Eugene Sue. Here now is Alex de Jonge's immensely readable translation of the original tale—an imaginative mixture of fact and legend recreating the life of the Godolphin Arabian and his constant companion, Grimalkin the cat.
Author : Jeremy James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Byerley Turk (Horse)
ISBN : 1862546878
The incredible story of the most remarkable horse in history. In 1678, a beautiful mahogany bay Karaman colt is foaled in the Balkans. Yet this is no ordinary colt: he is destined to become the magnificent Byerley Turk, the first Foundation Sire of the thoroughbred line. In 1683, in diamond-and ruby-studded harness of the glittering Ottoman sipahi, the young horse fights as a charger at the Siege of Vienna. Seized as an exotic prize from the Siege of Buda three years later, he is ridden across Europe to the Royal Barracks of King James II in Hounslow, England, where he is acquired in 1687 by Captain Robert Byerley. In 1690, as a charger in the ranks of King William's army, he faces sabre and cannon at the Battle of the Boyne, but not before romping past the winning post at Downroyal and snatching the King's Plate. The stallion died at the age of 25 in 1703. Until now his story has never been told. Yet on every racecourse in the world today, his bloodline thunders on.
Author : Linda Carroll,David Rosner
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316432214
In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen. In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a spirit of optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top-and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Like Stymie, Jacobs was a commoner in "The Sport of Kings," a dirt-poor Brooklyn city slicker who forged an unlikely career as racing's winningest trainer by buying cheap, unsound nags and magically transforming them into winners. The $1,500 pittance Jacobs paid to claim Stymie became history's biggest bargain as the ultimate iron horse went on to run a whopping 131 races and win 25 stakes, becoming the first Thoroughbred ever to earn more than $900,000. The Cinderella champion nicknamed "The People's Horse" captivated the masses with his rousing charge-from-behind stretch runs, his gritty blue-collar work ethic, and his rags-to-riches success story. In a golden age when horse racing rivaled baseball and boxing as America's most popular pastime, he was every bit as inspiring a sports hero as Joe DiMaggio and Joe Louis. Taking readers on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, Out of the Clouds -- the winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award -- unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own.
Author : K. M. Haralambos
Publisher : Kenilworth Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0901366196
Laced with numerous anecdotes about the horses and their owners, the book is both entertaining and informative and should be enjoyed by racing and non-racing horse enthusiasts alike.
Author : Abram Hewitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Race horses
ISBN : 1581501447
An Oxford graduate and a lawyer by trade, Abram S. Hewitt held a deep fascination for equine pedigrees and genetics and wrote a series of articles examining the most influential early to mid-20th-century American stallions. These articles became Sire Lines. Eclipse Press is proud once again to offer this classic work to Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts everywhere.
Author : Marie Joseph Eugène Sue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590952961
Author : CuChullaine O'Reilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1590480031
There is widespread belief in a warm and comforting story which states the horse is a gentle herbivore. What if a Rosetta Stone had been found to unlock the dark secrets of the horse s past? An international multi-million dollar industry serviced by horse whisperers, glossy magazines and popular culture preaches that horses are meek prey animals who fear predators. What if evidence demonstrated horses have slain lions, tigers, pumas, wolves, hyenas and humans? Contemporary writers have successfully airbrushed murderous and meat-eating horses out of literature. What if Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and Steve McQueen provided artistic evidence to refute that claim? Thanks to global equestrian amnesia, the crucial role played by horses in recent history has been lost to mankind. What if testimony revealed meat-eating horses had been used to explore the Poles and photographs had been discovered of Tibet s blood-eating horses? Deadly Equines is a revolutionary departure from equestrian romance. It is a fact-filled analysis which reveals how humanity has known about meat-eating horses for at least four thousand years, during which time horses have consumed nearly two dozen different types of protein, including human flesh, and that these episodes have occurred on every continent, including Antarctica. Various sources of corroborating data, including legends, literature, cinema, news stories, scientific reports and eyewitness accounts are presented for the reader s investigation. None of these items had been hidden. They were ignored, misinterpreted or, in some cases, censored. The result is the first exploration of the horse s hidden history, an alternative equestrian world populated by forgotten facts, overlooked evidence and astonishing stories. Amply illustrated, and containing a map of occurrences, this study challenges the reader to develop a new under-standing of the horse, one based upon reason, not fantasy.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Horses
ISBN : NYPL:33433082509195
Containing full pedigree of all the imported thorough-bred stallions and mares, with their produce.
Author : Jeremy James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1870507770
Author : Basil Tozer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547360629
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Horse in History" by Basil Tozer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Avalyn Hunter
Publisher : Eclipse Press
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1581500955
In a monumental and important work for the Thoroughbred industry, author and pedigree researcher Avalyn Hunter provides extensive pedigree analysis of every American classic race winner from 1914 through 2002.
